Early Childhood Education in Tajikistan

Highlights

Preschool education system in Tajikistan offers limited services in public, alternative and private settings, which continue to rely critically on external funding collected mainly by parents, while public allocations for early childhood education is underfunded, which makes only 5 percent out of the total education budget. Over 70 per cent of ECE teachers do not have required qualification to support young children’ development and learning. Lack of collaboration between different sectors responsible for provision of services to young children leads to absence of a common vision of the country to ensure holistic development of a child.